Health & Data-Informed Wellness Centre Model: A Nature-based Health Tourism Practice at Tourism Destinations
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https://doi.org/10.61016/TZAP-2956-8048-23Abstract
Sustainability and health practices goes hand in hand. with massive technological advancements and westernisation practices. There is a need to immerge in traditional health practices to sustain and experience holistic well-being to gain good health.
Health and wellness centre model helps in providing a preferred place for the tourists/ visitors to avail different health practices by utilizing natural resources and techniques. This conceptual based practices that can be followed in nature-based health tourism destinations, with a greater focus on promoting human well-being. In this study, the methodology used was based on secondary data collection. And with a comprehensive literature review, health and wellness centre model is suggested in a sustainable and responsible manner. Recent developments in data analytics and AI create new opportunities for evidence-based management of health and wellness tourism destinations. The aim of this study to analyse the significance of nature-based health tourism at health and wellness centres, identifying the benefits in holistic manner and presents the result in form of a conceptual model.
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